Question 1

What has research shown regarding individual differences in intelligence among infants?

Accepted Answer

A)   Genetic differences expressed through intelligence are not identifiable among infants.
B)   A great deal of variability in intelligence exists among infants.
C)   Infant intelligence develops in a discontinuous, stage-like process throughout childhood.
D)   A genetic process of development minimizes individual differences in infant intelligence.

Question 2

Jenna can tell the difference between a toy she has seen before and a new toy. What term refers to this ability?

Accepted Answer

A)   habituation
B)   sensory memory
C)   recognition memory
D)   classical conditioning

Question 3

Language learning is most efficient during the sensitive period that lasts until puberty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the relationship between achievements on sensorimotor tests and other test achievements?

Accepted Answer

A)   Achievements on sensorimotor tests are strongly related to subsequent IQ scores.
B)   Achievements on sensorimotor tests are strongly related to childhood success in school.
C)   Achievements on sensorimotor tests do not reliably predict later school performance.
D)   Achievements on sensorimotor tests are strongly related to verbal and symbolic scores obtained in later childhood.

Question 5

Nicole adjusts her rate of sucking so she can listen to a recording of her mother reading "Good Night Moon," a story her mother read aloud while she was pregnant with Nicole. What does this activity illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   imitation
B)   memory
C)   object permanence
D)   deferred imitation

Question 6

The Bayley Scales may identify sensory or neurological problems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Critics of Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory suggest that development tends to be more gradual and continuous than he suggested.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

"Motherese" has been shown to slow language development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Ashley is an average 12-month-old child. How many words can Ashley speak?

Accepted Answer

A)   5
B)   8
C)   13
D)   22

Question 10

In the 2011 Canadian Census, how many different languages were reported as a home language, or mother tongue?

Accepted Answer

A)   fewer than 50
B)   50 to 100
C)   101 to 200
D)   more than 200

Question 11

Piaget hypothesized that cognitive processes develop in an orderly sequence of stages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A child says "doggy." What is this word an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)   a morpheme
B)   a holophrase
C)   telegraphic speech
D)   mean length of utterance

Question 13

Which statement best defines the process of cognitive development in children?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intelligence is developed.
B)   Children learn to imitate others.
C)   Children perceive and mentally represent the world.
D)   Children learn strategies for developing short- and long-term memory.

Question 14

To the delight of her parents, 20-month-old Maya just exclaimed "Daddy go." What does this utterance represent?

Accepted Answer

A)   an MLU
B)   referential speech
C)   a holophrase
D)   telegraphic speech

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of a simple reflex?

Accepted Answer

A)   reaching for an object
B)   purposefully searching for an object
C)   looking to see if one's mother is near
D)   turning toward the source of a noise

Question 16

A child says "Off the ride I want," "can't you had remembered," and "keepers losers!" What type of errors do these statements illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   morphology
B)   shaping
C)   syntax
D)   grammatical construction

Question 17

What is meant by deferred imitation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Children can imitate from the moment they are born.
B)   Children can mimic what they have seen but only within 5 seconds.
C)   Imitation is a more automatic process than was assumed in the past.
D)   Children may observe a behaviour and have a mental representation of it before they imitate it.

Question 18

What is measured by the Bayley behaviour rating scale?

Accepted Answer

A)   verbal skills
B)   gross motor skills
C)   environmental impact on intelligence
D)   attention span

Question 19

Skinner's perspective is that decreasing reinforcement leads to a faster growth in vocabulary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Sarah knows that kittens are animals. Her mother tells her that puppies are also animals. Sarah then changes her schema of animals to include puppies. What is Sarah using when she changes her schema to incorporate this new information?

Accepted Answer

A)   assimilation
B)   reaction range
C)   augmentation
D)   accommodation

Exam 5: Infancy: Cognitive Development

Piaget hypothesized that cognitive processes develop in an orderly sequence of stages.

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Nicole adjusts her rate of sucking so she can listen to a recording of her mother reading "Good Night Moon," a story her mother read aloud while she was pregnant with Nicole. What does this activity illustrate?

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A child says "doggy." What is this word an example of?

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What is measured by the Bayley behaviour rating scale?

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To the delight of her parents, 20-month-old Maya just exclaimed "Daddy go." What does this utterance represent?

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Which of the following is an example of a simple reflex?

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Critics of Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory suggest that development tends to be more gradual and continuous than he suggested.

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Skinner's perspective is that decreasing reinforcement leads to a faster growth in vocabulary.

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"Motherese" has been shown to slow language development.

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Sarah knows that kittens are animals. Her mother tells her that puppies are also animals. Sarah then changes her schema of animals to include puppies. What is Sarah using when she changes her schema to incorporate this new information?

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Ashley is an average 12-month-old child. How many words can Ashley speak?

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In the 2011 Canadian Census, how many different languages were reported as a home language, or mother tongue?

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A child says "Off the ride I want," "can't you had remembered," and "keepers losers!" What type of errors do these statements illustrate?

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What is the relationship between achievements on sensorimotor tests and other test achievements?

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Jenna can tell the difference between a toy she has seen before and a new toy. What term refers to this ability?

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What is meant by deferred imitation?

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Which statement best defines the process of cognitive development in children?

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What has research shown regarding individual differences in intelligence among infants?

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Language learning is most efficient during the sensitive period that lasts until puberty.

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The Bayley Scales may identify sensory or neurological problems.

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